Oh hey, also the same thing with environmental issues

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    Yup. Programmes that have experimented with giving homeless people hundreds in no-rules cash find that within a couple of months most of them have secured accommodation and reconnected with family and friends. After a while the majority are in paid employment.

    Who would have guessed that the most of the problems of extreme poverty could be solved with money?!

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        Yes. But in more controversial news, you can solve hunger with… money!

        It’s like giving people money empowers them to choose to fix their problems, most important ones first.

        The surprising bit is that drug use rates drop substantially if people can cope with everyday life.

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        Obviously, we should stop people from sleeping outside by adding pikes everywhere. That’s how you solve the problem!

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      I almost thought this was going a different way. I’m happy to be wrong.

      I imagine some capitalist, right-wing fucker is screaming at their screen going “nu-uhhh” and furiously typing that you’re wrong despite having done zero research.

      I’m employed, and I live like I’m in poverty. As much as I want to lift up the homeless, I would also appreciate fair wages for the employed.

      Since rent/housing has gone insane, I’m having a hard time making things work on the money I’m making. I’m well over the “poverty” line and I can’t afford to put fuel in my car and buy name brand products, even if I wanted to. Products like… Idk, Campbell’s.

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          I agree.

          Everything needs to rise IMO. Except for the highest levels of management.

          My job in 2016 paid 90% of what I make now. Inflation in that time has been around 25%, and I’ve only increased around 10%…

          Minimum wage is far worse, I know this, but just because minimum wage needs to increase doesn’t and shouldn’t imply other areas don’t also need to be increased.

          I’m in a more senior position, and I’ve changed jobs at least three times to get where I am now. If minimum goes up, I won’t be angry about it, but I will be left wondering why I’m not also getting more.

          Companies need workers and wages have been stagnant, and plenty of working people who used to be middle class, are now homeless, despite still being employed.

          The whole situation is fucked and the only people profiting out of everything are the wage theives at the top and their shareholder friends.

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